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Antifungal effects of lysozyme and lactoferrin against genetically similar, sequential Candida albicans isolates from a human immunodeficiency virus-infected southern Chinese cohort.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2001
Samaranayake Y H, Samaranayake L P, Pow E H, Beena V T, Yeung K W
Abstract excerpt
A variety of innate defense factors in saliva such as lysozyme and lactoferrin contribute to mucosal protection and modulate Candida populations in the oral cavity. It is also known that in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals significant variations in the concentrations of lys...
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